NHL Thread

[Spanky99]

Draft is in 10 days! Curious to see if Leafs are going to make any trades with all the rumours swirling around.

 

Ditto!

[Zaun of the Dead]

stay close to ya phone, phil

[jays_fever]

Draft is in 10 days! Curious to see if Leafs are going to make any trades with all the rumours swirling around.

 

Strome or die trying

[Zaun of the Dead]

las vegas is gonna draft Strome 3rd overall probably. leaving the buds with Marner.

[GD]

las vegas is gonna draft Strome 3rd overall probably. leaving the buds with Marner.

 

excellent

[Zaun of the Dead]

Yea for sure. Marner at 4 and if they end up making that trade with Jersey Hanifin may well be available at 6.

[Zaun of the Dead]

most of the talk involves Kessel and NJ's 6th overall pick.

[GD]

Kessel for 6 would be gross.

[labadee]

Kessel for 6 would be gross.

 

agreed. btw sick avatar

[jays_fever]

What's the rumoured NJ trade? I've heard Kadri+24 for Semen+4 from Carolina.

 

That still seems kinda gross

[Zaun of the Dead]

I would do Kessel for 6th and Henrique

[GD]

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/how-a-baby-pic-stirred-up-maple-leafs-nation/

 

So a stupid baby pic got people riled up cause Bernier posted a pic of his baby at 9 months in a leafs onesie, then did it again at 10 months but without the leafs logo. People freaked as you'd figure, but then something else happened. Someone asked Bernier's girlfriend what was up, and she said "something I can't tell anyone right now! " Like why the f*** would you post something like that? moron

[burlingtonbandit]

And you wonder why no one wants to play in Toronto...

[King]

Brian Hedger ‏@BrianHedger 6m6 minutes ago

Heard from a good source who says Sharp will be traded next week. It's been expected, but that's still a big name to lose. #Blackhawks

[Swervin81]

1 more week. I'd love Hanifin, but I'm fine with Marner.

[Frag]

This is closer to where I would rank Crouse.

[Laika]

Chris Johnston ‏@reporterchris 4m4 minutes ago

As we reported, the NHL has officially launched a formal expansion process.

 

Chris Johnston ‏@reporterchris 5m5 minutes ago

Gary Bettman told the NHL board about interest from ownership groups from Las Vegas, Seattle and Quebec City. There's your big three.

[BTS]

Ugh. The last thing the NHL needs is more teams.

[Laika]

I hate that they're just replacing 4on4 with 5 minutes of 3on3. They should have done 5 minutes of 4on4 and then dropped down to 3on3 for another 5.

 

Or, if the goal was the have less shootouts, get rid of the point system entirely. Wins and losses - no more points!

 

The NHL is both progressive and stupid, sometimes.

[Laika]

Chris Johnston ‏@reporterchris 4m4 minutes ago

Gary Bettman says the #leafs have no territorial right to the Toronto market. "They do not. Expansion is decided by the league as a whole."

 

Please do this. Somewhat affordable NHL hockey in the GTA would be nice...

[Frag]

Ugh. The last thing the NHL needs is more teams.

 

The only team I see relocating within the next few years is the Coyotes (if the NHL will allow it). While I think relocating a few teams would be a better idea, the NHL obviously wants to pull its attention towards the long-term "benefits" that they think expansion will provide. Will it work? I don't think so, especially in the case with Las Vegas, but I can sort of understand why the NHL is taking this stance.

[burlingtonbandit]

Chris Johnston ‏@reporterchris 4m4 minutes ago

Gary Bettman says the #leafs have no territorial right to the Toronto market. "They do not. Expansion is decided by the league as a whole."

 

Please do this. Somewhat affordable NHL hockey in the GTA would be nice...

 

lol the prices still won't be affordable..

[Laika]

lol the prices still won't be affordable..

 

I bet they'd start off at like, half of what Leafs tickets are. The secondary market for Leafs tickets would also lose a decent amount of demand.

[Zaun of the Dead]

there probably won't be another team in toronto in the next 10 or 15 years but it could work. but expansion is f***ing dumb. 34 teams is way too much. move the coyotes, move the panthers. boom. too bad Bettman is too much of a f***ing idiot to know what's a good idea and what is a bad idea.

[Molitor]

Uhhhgg, if Toronto ever gets a second team, I am not looking forward to all the bandwagon jumpers who were supposed "Leaf fans" jumping ship and being all aggravating. It'll be like the Ottawa Senators all over again. Every Ottawa fan over the age of 35 was at one time a Leafs or Canadiens fan who jumped ship because they weren't a true fan.

 

Go Leafs Go

True Leaf Fans for Life© #TLFFL

[Zaun of the Dead]

leafs 'til I die

[BTS]

Uhhhgg, if Toronto ever gets a second team, I am not looking forward to all the bandwagon jumpers who were supposed "Leaf fans" jumping ship and being all aggravating. It'll be like the Ottawa Senators all over again. Every Ottawa fan over the age of 35 was at one time a Leafs or Canadiens fan who jumped ship because they weren't a true fan.

 

Go Leafs Go

True Leaf Fans for Life© #TLFFL

 

It's a game you watch other men play from your couch.

[burlingtonbandit]

I bet they'd start off at like, half of what Leafs tickets are. The secondary market for Leafs tickets would also lose a decent amount of demand.

 

I doubt that. They will charge what the market dictates which will be lower than Leafs tickets but not by much.

[Laika]

I doubt that. They will charge what the market dictates which will be lower than Leafs tickets but not by much.

 

Well we'll just have to wait and never see

[Laika]

there probably won't be another team in toronto in the next 10 or 15 years but it could work. but expansion is f***ing dumb. 34 teams is way too much. move the coyotes, move the panthers. boom. too bad Bettman is too much of a f***ing idiot to know what's a good idea and what is a bad idea.

 

They just want the expansion fees, lol. $500M to 'purchase' an expansion franchise!!!!